Virgin Galactic Holdings test flight reaches space from New Mexico

The unexpected part of the event, he said, was when an ecstatic Branson sprayed him with champagne following the flight

Virgin Galactic Holdings flew a test flight to space for the first time in more than two years, a critical step in its path toward commercial service following a series of issues that have beset the company.
 
The VSS Unity test flight from New Mexico on Saturday helps put the company back on its stated schedule of flying company founder Richard Branson to suborbital space as early as this summer, and resuming ticket sales.
 
Branson and Chief Executive Officer Michael Colglazier observed the flight from Virgin Galactic’s operations center at Spaceport America, near Truth or Consequences, New Mexico.